Kunezintaba eziningi eziphakeme kuwo wonke amazwekazi eMhlaba, futhi zifakiwe ezinhlwini ezahlukahlukene. Isibonelo, kukhona uhlu lwamanani aphakeme kakhulu ayi-117 emhlabeni. Kubandakanya izintaba ezizimele ezifike ebangeni elingaphezu kwamamitha ayi-7200. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona iKlabhu Yezingqungquthela Eziyisikhombisa. Kuyinhlangano yabavakashi nabaqansa abagibela izindawo eziphakeme kakhulu kuwo wonke amazwekazi. Uhlu lwale kilabhu lumi kanje:
- Chomolungma;
- Aconcagua;
- UDenali;
- Kilimanjaro;
- U-Elbrus noMont Blanc;
- UVinson Massif;
- UJaya noKostsyushko.
Kukhona ukungavumelani mayelana nezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu eYurophu nase-Australia, ngakho-ke kunezinguqulo ezi-2 zalolu hlu.
Izintaba eziphakeme kakhulu
Kunezintaba eziningana eziphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni, okuzoxoxwa ngazo ngokuqhubekayo. Akungabazeki ukuthi intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni yi-Everest (Chomolungma), etholakala ebangeni lezintaba zaseHimalaya. Ifinyelela endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha ayi-8848. Le ntaba isimangaze futhi yaheha izizukulwane eziningi zabantu, futhi manje isinqotshwa abagibeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Abantu bokuqala ukunqoba le ntaba kwakungu-Edmund Hillary waseNew Zealand noTenzing Norgay waseNepal, ababehamba naye. Umqansa omncane ukwenyuka i-Everest kwakunguJordan Romero wase-United States eneminyaka engu-13, kanti omdala nguBahadur Sherkhan waseNepal, owayeneminyaka engama-76 ubudala.
Izintaba zeKarakorum zithweswe umqhele iMount Chogori, engamamitha angama-8611 ukuphakama. Ibizwa nge- "K-2". Le ntaba inegama elibi, ngoba ibizwa nangokuthi umbulali, ngoba ngokwezibalo, wonke umuntu wesine okhuphuka intaba uyafa. Le yindawo eyingozi kakhulu futhi ebulalayo, kepha ukuhlelwa kwezinto okunjalo akubethusi ngandlela thile izihambeli. Owesithathu ophakeme kakhulu yiNtaba iKanchenjunga eHimalaya. Ukuphakama kwayo kufinyelele kumamitha angama-8568. Le ntaba ineziqongo ezi-5. Yaqala ukukhuphuka nguJoe Brown noGeorge Bend baseNgilandi ngo-1955. Ngokwezindaba zakule ndawo, intaba le yintokazi engayekeli noma iyiphi intombazane ethatha isinqumo sokuqwala intaba, kanti kuze kube manje munye kuphela owesifazane okwazile ukuhambela le ngqungquthela ngo-1998, uJeanette Harrison waseGreat Britain.
Intaba elandelayo ephakeme kunazo zonke yiLhotse, eseHimalaya, efinyelela kumamitha angama-8516 ukuphakama. Akuzona zonke iziqongo zalo ezanqotshwa, kodwa abagibeli baseSwitzerland bafika kuqala kulo ngo-1956.
IMacLau ivala izintaba ezinhlanu eziphakeme eMhlabeni. Le ntaba iyatholakala naseHimalaya. Ngokokuqala ngqa, yakhwatshwa yiFrance ngo-1955, eholwa nguJean Franco.
